Fact-Checked by: Agência Lupa
2020/05/27 | Brazil
The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database
Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/05/27 | Spain
FALSE: A viral video of about 20 minutes long about the masks and the coronavirus uploaded to the YouTube channel of the family doctor Natalia Prego Cancelo.
Fact-Checked by: Maldita.es
2020/05/27 | Spain
FALSE: An image of a surgical mask with various messages. The main one is that using it makes you breathe your own carbon dioxide.
Fact-Checked by: Agência Lupa
2020/05/27 | Brazil
FALSE: Bing Liu, a researcher who was about to discover a vaccine for COVID-19, was murdered in the US.
Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo
2020/05/27 | India
FALSE: Video shows Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members paying respect to doctors in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Fact-Checked by: Open
2020/05/27 | Italy
FALSO: If we use the masks for too long, we risk developing a tumor.
Fact-Checked by: Salud con lupa
2020/05/27 | South America
No evidence: Vitamin supplements will protect you against COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: The Quint
2020/05/27 | India
FALSE: Rahul Gandhi has suggested a possible way to reopen schools/colleges.
Fact-Checked by: Agência Lupa
2020/05/27 | Brazil
FALSE: A video shows a man being rescued, alive, from inside a tomb. The caption states he was buried alive, after being declared dead of COVID-19.
Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo
2020/05/27 | India
FALSE: Video shows a huge crowd of women rushing in a mall in Saudi Arabia after the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted.
Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo
2020/05/27 | India
FALSE: Maharashtra (India) Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari facilitated the travel of a model from Maharashtra to Dehradun during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo
2020/05/27 | India
FALSE: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was developed by an Indian scientist named Prafulla Chandra Ray.
Fact-Checked by: Colombiacheck
2020/05/26 | Colombia
FALSE: The Colombian city of Manizales had “its highest development peaks” after world wars.
Fact-Checked by: FactCrescendo
2020/05/26 | India
FALSE: COVID-19 is a bacteria and not a virus according to a study by Italian doctors.
Fact-Checked by: Agência Lupa
2020/05/26 | Brazil
FALSE: An entire floor of Hospital Doutor João Lúcio Pereira Machado, in Manaus, Brazil, is empty after all the COVID-19 patients were cured.
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